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Matt Kirshen

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
328 total appearances

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StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

So he recommends, specifically for our Belgian guest, says, with Mouffrit, Kevin recommends a bottle of Muscadet Sir Lee Lagrange.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

So there we go.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

Thank you, Kevin, for that.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

Okay, that sounds like a dessert wine.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

I am going to try and get through as many of these questions as possible.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

Here we go.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

We're combining four questions.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

They said it couldn't be done, but four different questioners between... Because a lot of people have asked about the effect of sunspots on starquakes.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

and how they affect Earth.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

So Charles Mako asks how they affect starquakes.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

Trevor Mills says, how close would a nearby star have to be for a starquake to be considered dangerous for Earth?

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

And then Sarah Rosen says, how big of a CME would it take for the sun's gravity to be negatively affected?

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

And Gina Martin says, why didn't the one, the starquake back in 2004, wipe us out?

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

I've read that it released more energy than our own sun would emit in 150,000 years.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

James Allen from Brisbane in Australia says, could a starquake large enough theoretically cause a star to tear apart?

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

and would descend a high radiation blast like a supernova.

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

What could we learn such things from our own star?

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

Well, on that same note, Connor Holm from Squim, Washington says, is it possible to predict where and when a starquake will occur?

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

And if so, what's the largest predicted starquake and how much bigger is it compared to the largest recorded one?

StarTalk Radio
Cosmic Queries โ€“ Starquakes with Conny Aerts

All right.